Political Commentary - Washington Times

Team Trump and Team Black Lives Matter are more alike than you think

By Michael McKenna

Trump crew and Team Black Lives Matter are bound together by grievances against the state and the polity it represents.

Democrats' rule: Bow before them or burn

By Everett Piper

This is the world of the progressive left. This is the land of one-party rule.

Biden's first hundred days of foreign policy

By Jed Babbin

President-elect Joe Biden is about to begin the first 100 days of his administration.

Who does Chuck Schumer mean by 'we?'

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

A lot depends on what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer do in the next few weeks and months. All four will be trying to placate young people, who have been moved to protest for the past couple of years and allowed to skip school in the name of free speech and civics lessons.

Armed insurrection: Congress votes to overturn the next election

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

The last time these slinking mongrels in Congress impeached President Trump, a deadly disease from China was stalking our country, poised to pounce and kill close to 400,000 Americans.

Shutting down Parler won't stop domestic terrorism. But it could make it worse

By Satya Marar

Thanks to a political uprising at the Capitol building and its online fallout, the scrutiny toward major tech companies has never been more intense.

Kim Jong-un's threat to bring U.S. 'to its knees' heightens Biden's challenges

By Daniel N. Hoffman

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un resurfaced last week at the eighth Congress of his ruling Workers' Party, where he admitted "almost all sectors" of his country's economy had fallen short of their goals.

Taxpayer value and not pleasing members of Congress must lead defense procurement strategy

By Brian McNicoll

When the thrust of your defense procurement strategy is to please its benefactors in Congress rather than achieve and increase strategic demands, you'll get some odd outcomes.

Using Reagan's words to prepare the young to be defenders of liberty

By Scott Walker

"Hello, American sailor. Hello, freedom man." These words came from one of the refugees crammed on a leaky little boat who came across the USS Midway. They were hoping to get to America from Indochina.

GINGRICH: Big Tech is a big fraud with its bogus censorship

By Newt Gingrich

When Twitter and Facebook decided to ban President Donald Trump, censor The New York Post, and start erasing other people and institutions from their platforms, they started down a path which will have enormous consequences for them and for America.

How Democrats incite violence and insurrection by impeaching President Trump

By Ted S. Yoho

I caution those that are hell-bent on removing the 45th president days before his term is up to reconsider the gasoline you're about to throw on a house already divided.

Banning Trump from Facebook and Twitter and the dangers of censorship

By Ash Murthy

Facebook and Twitter's decision to ban President Trump from their online platforms has drawn both condemnation and appreciation from opposite ends of the political spectrum.

Biden's virtual inauguration is an eerie prophecy for a fading America

By Peter Morici

There was something eerie about a virtual inauguration even before the chill of violent Capitol Hill protests.

Why fake news is here to stay

By Eric Dezenhall

Despite Donald Trump's impending departure from the White House, "fake news," as both a slogan and a phenomenon, is here to stay.

Democrats' vindictiveness against Trump will further divide the country

By Cal Thomas

Some conservatives I hear from believe Democrats are trying to impeach President Trump for a second time and even deny him the right to ever hold public office again because they fear his policy successes and the 74 million who voted for him.

Did Trump commit a crime by exhorting the crowds on Jan. 6?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered his understanding last weekend of President Trump's alleged role in the Capitol riots when he said, "If inciting to insurrection isn't impeachable, I don't know what is."

What America faces with Biden and his Congress

By David Keene - The Washington Times

An American in Des Moines like a Parisian in Paris can hardly be faulted for fearing that America's democracy is in crisis.

Democrats applaud social media that blacklists, censors and cancels thousands of Americans

By Victor Davis Hanson

Two days after the 2020 election, a defiant Kathy Griffin retweeted the notorious picture of her holding a prop that looked like the bloody head of a decapitated Donald Trump.